Good evening, Netizens...David Horsey seems a bit obtuse in this morning's cartoon.Most opinions of the current debacle unfolding in California are that Governor Schwarzenegger took the path of least resistence to try and save his state economy. It is either take the Stimulus Package and…
Good morning, Netizens... [Portions from KREM-2, The Portland Oregonian and the AP wire] PORTLAND, Ore. - The Catholic order that founded Gonzaga University and helps run the school has declared bankruptcy because of the potential for huge amounts of priest sex abuse settlements. The Jesuits…
Good morning, Netizens... The Japanese economy is in the tank, and their representative to the G7 Summit in Rome, Italy should have been in his best form. Instead what world and Japanese leaders got was Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa apparently in his cups before a…
Good morning, Netizens... [The First Arrival] In the beginning, where this Blog first set its calloused feet upon the oft-trodden road of what some call the new journalism, I was fond of writing what were quite long messages, in particular about a called the Virtual…
I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me.Leontyne Price, O Magazine, December 2003If you do not recognize the name Leontyne Price, you have indeed missed out on one of the most-beautiful operatic sopranos in its entire history.
Good morning, Netizens...In this photo made available by Bridges TV of Orchard Park, NY near Buffalo, Muzzammil (Mo) Hassan, and his wife Aasiya Hassan of Orchard Park, pose in an undated photo. Police say Hassan beheaded his wife, an architect, after she filed for divorce.…
Good jmorning, Netizens...In this morning's David Horsey cartoon we see the Obama steam roller running over the GOP. I am still attempting to understand how the Stimulus Bill was a bipartisan effort, since none of the Republicans voted in favor of it, so Horsey appears…
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P. J. O'Rourke
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to buildbigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to producebigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled
Good afternoon, Netizens... Once again Bob Kirkpatrick seems to have hit the nail on the head, taking full-bore aim at Bill Gates' announcement that Microsoft is considering opening a chain of Microsoft Stores. Ah, yes, the first stores in the history of merchanising whose products…
Good morning, Netizens... While I'll concede it is probably old news already, I've spent a fair amount of time and energy trying to ignore Queen Mary's regal appearance last Friday, and/or her royal pronouncements regarding the State of our City. Unlike Doug Clark, who wrote…
Good morning, Netizens... Happy Valentines Day! So what do you do for that special person in your life when Valentine's Day calls? You send flowers. Here are a lovely bunch of roses contributed by one of our finer photographers and the cards that accompanied them:…
Good morning, Netizens... Yesterday afternoon while engrossed in a series of mundane tasks, my own beloved wife became snarled up in a police matter that left me laughing. A person whom I shall hereby refer to as “the tallywhacker wagger” was standing on a public…
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.Abba Eban (1915 - 2002)
Good morning, Netizens... In this morning's David Horsey cartoon from the Post-Intelligencer, he asks a question perhaps no one in the Blogosphere wants answered, that being what will the press conferences of the future look like when all the newspapers have closed and shuttered their…
Good morning, Netizens... The news the last few weeks has been to put it bluntly, depressing. No, I'm not talking about the pile of Jello that our nation's finances have turned into, although I could easily write two or three pages of raw vitriol about…
Good morning, Netizens... Before I begin this morning's rant, let me roll the calendar back a few decades to better demonstrate my personal perspective on that which our veteran cartoonist, Bob Kirkpatrick has spoken so well. The year was approximately the 1980's, and I was…
Good morning, Netizens... In this morning's Picture of the Day, thousands of people turned out Wednesday for a federal government job fair at the Atlanta Federal Center in downtown Atlanta. If you look far enough back in American history, it hasn't been all that long…
Good evening, Netizens... I first met David Elton face-to-face early in the morning at Starbucks on the South Hill last winter and suffered some of Starbuck's wretched coffee. Ironically, despite the fact David was distracted by holding several other simultaneous conversations and playing competitive chess…
Good morning, Netizens... The bear isn't buying the deal! With the announcement that the economic stimulus plan is a done deal, the Wall Street bear in this morning's David Horsey cartoon isn't buying any of it. Judging by the fallout dramatic drop on Wall Street…
Any piece of clothing can be sexy with a quietly passionate woman inside it.Anonymous, O Magazine, The Shy Girl's Guide to Sex, February 2003
Good evening, Netizens...Todays' David Horsey cartoon opens a frequently-visited portal of discussion, that being Rush Limbaugh. Is he, as the cartoon suggests, an entertainer, or is he such a major part of the Republican Party that he surpasses entertainment? As David Horsey suggests, isn't it…
Good evening, Netizens...According to KHQ-TV Spokane Police have arrested a man after he wrote an email in which he threatened to kill City Council President Joe Shogun. David Elton, 43, was arrested following an interview with police Tuesday. Elton has been charged with three counts…
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/feb/10/city-begins-ombudsman-search/Here it is - Finally we are starting a search for the much desired Ombudsman. Will this be the start of peace and goodwill in our community? Will we finally have a bridge between the people and the police?
Good morning, Netizens...When I first glanced at David Horsey's cartoon this morning, I merely snorted to myself somewhat in derision. Do you remember the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in Chicago, President Obama's former minister? If you modify the cartoon slightly, doing away with the trunk and…
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